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Oakland 6 Toronto 5
Fourth place Oakland bruised Toronto with five runs in the bottom of the second to overcome an early 1-0 Toronto lead. Two big hits in the inning, a two-run double by Jack Gandil and a bases clearing bases loaded triple by Charlie Malay.
Toronto unleased its power hitting in the middle innings scoring two in the fifth on a two run home run by Chick Scott (6) and solo shots from Rusty Spencer (10) and Greg Davis (5) in the sixth inning to tie the score 5-5.
Jim Johns one out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth made a winner of Casey Wheeler (3-1).
Cleveland 7 Baltimore 6
Lots of home runs in this game as both teams put on a power display with Cleveland out homering Baltimore 5-1.
Cleveland won its sixth in a row coming from behind after trailing 4-2 going into the eighth inning. Cleveland scored three in the eighth and two more in the ninth to overcome Baltimore 7-6.
Glenn Grebeck hit his 6th of the season in the second off Baltimore Mike Lavan.
John Ramirez responded with his first of the season increasing the lead to 3-1 off Tom Chavez.
In Cleveland's half of the eighth inning Urbano Lytle hit his seventh of the season and Dan Kammeyer hit number 12 to tie the game 5-5.
In the top of the ninth a RBI single by Marvell Bennett put Baltimore back in front 7-6 but Cleveland was not done.
Charlie Gaetti tied it in the bottom half of the inning with his second of the season and pinch hitter Chuck Spilman hit a walk off game winner, his eighth to put Cleveland in a tie for first place with Toronto who lost.
Detroit 7 Minnesota 6 (10 innings)
Detroit reached the .500 mark with their fifth straight win coming from behind at home to clip the Twins 7-6.
A one out single and a steal of second by Larry Foster turned into a run when Bill Sealey singled giving Detroit a 1-0 lead after one inning.
Minnesota got things even in the second inning on a RBI double by Moe Dent.
Mike Sims two run home run in the fifth inning off Tigers starting pitcher Hall Crabb put the Twins up by two, 3-1.
Detroit had a big inning in the bottom of the sixth scoring three times to take a 4-3 lead.
Josh Barnes, Don Baker and Jack Stone all singled resulting in the first run. Ernie Young walked Dick Monahan to fill the bases and bring his outing to a close.
Noe Amaros replaced him.
Back up catcher Randy Scudder's hot shot to first base brought in the second run of the inning at the expense of the second out.
Pitcher Hal Crabb, hitting .227 drove in his second run of the season with a clutch two out single scoring Jack Stone to end the scoring in that inning. Detroit led 4-3.
Mike Sims hit his second round tripper of the game, off Crabb in the eighth, and 11 on the season, to tie things up again, 4-4.
Detroit rallied in the bottom of the eighth. Barnes doubled leading off. Pinch hitter Chuck Reynolds walked with one out. Barnes stole third during Reynolds' at bat.
Reggie Johnson pinch hitting for Monahan doubled. Barnes scored. Reynolds was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Brad Hopkins.
Randy Scudder drove in the final run of the inning with a single.
Detroit led 6-4 going into the ninth with Alex Colpaert unavailable, Mark Powers was called on to close out the game. He could not get it done.
With one out Powers issued a base on balls to Johnny Ferraro and painfully watched that walk score on Dave Dorsett's bomb to left center field tying the game.
Ted Cooper took over for Powers got the final two outs in the ninth, worked the tenth and picked up the win when the Tigers scored on Jose Edwards with two outs.
Jose Gonzalez lined a clutch triple to right center field and Reggie Johnson who entered as a pinch hitter and doubled in the eighth inning singled in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth.
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
Clark Griffith AL League Summary
March 22, 2016 at 12:55PM View BBCode
There has been some changes made in the standings with Cleveland sneaking up on Toronto to tie them first first place. Cleveland has now won six straight and seven of ten while Toronto has struggled a bit in winning six of their last ten.Oakland 6 Toronto 5
Fourth place Oakland bruised Toronto with five runs in the bottom of the second to overcome an early 1-0 Toronto lead. Two big hits in the inning, a two-run double by Jack Gandil and a bases clearing bases loaded triple by Charlie Malay.
Toronto unleased its power hitting in the middle innings scoring two in the fifth on a two run home run by Chick Scott (6) and solo shots from Rusty Spencer (10) and Greg Davis (5) in the sixth inning to tie the score 5-5.
Jim Johns one out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth made a winner of Casey Wheeler (3-1).
Cleveland 7 Baltimore 6
Lots of home runs in this game as both teams put on a power display with Cleveland out homering Baltimore 5-1.
Cleveland won its sixth in a row coming from behind after trailing 4-2 going into the eighth inning. Cleveland scored three in the eighth and two more in the ninth to overcome Baltimore 7-6.
Glenn Grebeck hit his 6th of the season in the second off Baltimore Mike Lavan.
John Ramirez responded with his first of the season increasing the lead to 3-1 off Tom Chavez.
In Cleveland's half of the eighth inning Urbano Lytle hit his seventh of the season and Dan Kammeyer hit number 12 to tie the game 5-5.
In the top of the ninth a RBI single by Marvell Bennett put Baltimore back in front 7-6 but Cleveland was not done.
Charlie Gaetti tied it in the bottom half of the inning with his second of the season and pinch hitter Chuck Spilman hit a walk off game winner, his eighth to put Cleveland in a tie for first place with Toronto who lost.
Detroit 7 Minnesota 6 (10 innings)
Detroit reached the .500 mark with their fifth straight win coming from behind at home to clip the Twins 7-6.
A one out single and a steal of second by Larry Foster turned into a run when Bill Sealey singled giving Detroit a 1-0 lead after one inning.
Minnesota got things even in the second inning on a RBI double by Moe Dent.
Mike Sims two run home run in the fifth inning off Tigers starting pitcher Hall Crabb put the Twins up by two, 3-1.
Detroit had a big inning in the bottom of the sixth scoring three times to take a 4-3 lead.
Josh Barnes, Don Baker and Jack Stone all singled resulting in the first run. Ernie Young walked Dick Monahan to fill the bases and bring his outing to a close.
Noe Amaros replaced him.
Back up catcher Randy Scudder's hot shot to first base brought in the second run of the inning at the expense of the second out.
Pitcher Hal Crabb, hitting .227 drove in his second run of the season with a clutch two out single scoring Jack Stone to end the scoring in that inning. Detroit led 4-3.
Mike Sims hit his second round tripper of the game, off Crabb in the eighth, and 11 on the season, to tie things up again, 4-4.
Detroit rallied in the bottom of the eighth. Barnes doubled leading off. Pinch hitter Chuck Reynolds walked with one out. Barnes stole third during Reynolds' at bat.
Reggie Johnson pinch hitting for Monahan doubled. Barnes scored. Reynolds was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Brad Hopkins.
Randy Scudder drove in the final run of the inning with a single.
Detroit led 6-4 going into the ninth with Alex Colpaert unavailable, Mark Powers was called on to close out the game. He could not get it done.
With one out Powers issued a base on balls to Johnny Ferraro and painfully watched that walk score on Dave Dorsett's bomb to left center field tying the game.
Ted Cooper took over for Powers got the final two outs in the ninth, worked the tenth and picked up the win when the Tigers scored on Jose Edwards with two outs.
Jose Gonzalez lined a clutch triple to right center field and Reggie Johnson who entered as a pinch hitter and doubled in the eighth inning singled in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth.
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
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